Silver Tree

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Silver Tree
Born1976or1977(age 47–48) [1]
NationalityAmerican
Education
Alma mater
Occupations
  • film script writer
  • film producer
  • television producer
  • television director
Years active2004—present
Known for
SpouseAbraham Levy

Silver Tree is a television and film writer, producer and director, from Petaluma, California. [2] [3]

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Early life

Silver Tree was born to Susan (née Fullam) and Scott Tree in Sonoma County California [1] and raised in Petaluma. [4]

Tree attended El Molino High School in Forestville, California and Nonesuch School in Sebastopol, California. [1] She attended Santa Rosa Junior College and Sonoma State University where she majored in biochemistry. [1]

Career

Tree was an airline flight attendant based in San Francisco when she was involuntarily furloughed for six months in the wake of the September 11 attacks. [1] During the furlough, she began co-writing, with Abraham Levy, the screenplay for The Aviary , a film about four flight attendants who live together in an apartment. [1] [5] [6] Tree and Levy self-financed and distributed the $25,000 film. [1] [3]

Personal life

Tree was one of the guests at Meghan Markle 's wedding to Prince Harry at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle on May 19, 2018. [7]

Filmography

Films

Year(s)TitleRoleNotes
2013Deep Dark CanyonWriter/director [8]
2005 The Aviary Writer/producer

Television

Year(s)TitleRoleNotes
2023 Fatal Attraction Director5 episodes [9] [10]
2020—2022 Dead to Me Director3 episodes [11]
2020 The Flight Attendant Director5 episodes [9]
2019—2021 You Director8 episodes [9] [11]
2018—2020 Shameless Director4 episodes [11]
2014—2018 Suits Director10 episodes
2018 Lethal Weapon Director1 episode
2016 Bones Director1 episode
2016 The Real O'Neals Director2 episodes [12]
2015—2016 Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce Director2 episodes [12]

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